SCIENCE & TECH: Ex-WSJ Reporter Who Exposed Theranos Fraud Sues AI Giants over Alleged Book Piracy

SCIENCE & TECH: Ex-WSJ reporter who exposed Theranos fraud sues AI giants over alleged book piracy

A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter whose work helped bring down Theranos is now taking on Silicon Valley’s biggest AI players — accusing them of looting his books to build billion-dollar chatbots. John Carreyrou, the journalist behind the Wall Street Journal’s exposé of disgraced blood-testing startup Theranos, sued six major artificial intelligence companies Monday in California federal court, alleging they illegally used copyright…

Writers File Lawsuit Against Major AI Firms Over Alleged Use Of Pirated Books In Training

A group of writers has filed a lawsuit against several major artificial intelligence companies, alleging their models were trained using pirated copies of copyrighted books, and challenging how earlier legal settlements have addressed responsibility for that practice. Lawsuit Targets Multiple AI Companies The plaintiffs include journalists and authors such as John Carreyrou, known for his reporting on Theranos and the book Bad Blood. The lawsuit…